Rush Partners With Abbott To Prepare For Future Pandemics
Rush is first partner in the U.S. to join the Global Pandemic Defense Coalition
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CHICAGO, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Rush University Medical Center is the first partner in the United States in the Abbott Pandemic Defense Coalition, an effort led by Abbott to detect future pathogen outbreaks that could become pandemics. This first-of-its-kind scientific network is enlisting partners around the world to provide laboratory testing, genetic sequencing and public health research to analyze the potential risk level of newly identified pathogens, develop new diagnostic testing and understand the public health impact of the pathogens identified in real time.